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      The prosecutor chooses which expert witnesses and evidence to use in court, Harris knew this witness and evidence were suspect, used them anyway to get convictions, and maintained the suspect evidence to keep people imprisoned when they should have been released.

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          Yes, and the DA determines what to bring to the judge. Harris knew the witness and evidence was comprimised and brought it anyway to get the conviction. Post conviction, she fought exculpatory evidence that would have seen people freed.

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              California court sure didn’t agree:

              "a court ruled in 2010 that the district attorney’s office violated defendants’ constitutional rights by not disclosing what it knew about the tainted drug evidence. "

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      Right, which are controlled by “, not the prosecutor”.

      “It was the SS that ran the death camps, not us - besides, we were just doing our job!” - quite a few Gestapo boys at the end of WW2, probably.

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                Or anyone with a brain who doesn’t equate a functioning legal system to the Nazis. Get lost idiot.

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                  Oh, look… a liberal with a dangerously cartoonish understanding of fascism.

                  Gee, Clyde - didn’t you know that “Law & Order” isn’t just a tv show that blatantly miseducated you about the function and role of police in the liberal nation state, but also the rallying cry of all fascist states?

                  You make it so easy for the fascists, don’t you, liberal? They just have to package it right, and you’ll acquiesce without even a whimper - just like liberals always have, eh?